Twenty-five years after Jesus’ Son, The Largesse of the Sea Maiden is a haunting new collection of short stories on mortality and transcendence, from National Book Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Denis Johnson.

The Largesse of the Sea Maiden, the long-awaited final short story collection from the author of Jesus’ Son, National Book Award winner Denis Johnson, is on-sale now.

Written in the luminous prose that made him one of the most beloved and important writers of his generation, this collection finds Johnson in new territory, contemplating the ghosts of the past and the elusive and unexpected ways the mysteries of the universe assert themselves. Published by Random House, available wherever books are sold.